How to properly attribute credit as per Apache 2.0 copyright?

[ringtailpasqualefranzese]

What is the question?

Hi, I'm the technical director of ringtailinteractive, we are using opentelemetry in our development and want to give proper copyright notice as per your Apache 2.0 license. I've encountered an issue though: you copypasted the apache 2.0 template and left it blank. Here's a reference to one project that filled it properly https://github.com/castleproject/Core?tab=License-1-ov-file The main issue is that line where it says Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] The Apache 2.0 license basically obligates anyone using your code to report it but it's left blank so there's no proper way to give you credit. As a temporary solution in my company we're going to use the following attribution: Copyright -2024 opentelemetry Please let me know if it's a proper approach and if possible fill in the template appropriately, we will update as soon as viable once you do so.

P.S. sorry for using the question form, but I didn't see anything that looked more appropriate.

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[Kielek]

@mtwo, could you please help here?

[mtwo]

Hey there @ringtailpasqualefranzese, thanks for reaching out!

From looking around OpenTelemetry and Kubernetes (we're both part of the CNCF), it appears that we're all using the convention of placing the boilerplate license file at the top of each repository and then referencing the license and crediting "The OpenTelemetry Authors" within each source file. Given that, I'd recommend using "The OpenTelemetry Authors" in your references.

[ringtailpasqualefranzese]

thanks updated the attribution to be | OpenTelemetry | The OpenTelemetry Authors | Apache-2.0 | Copyright © The OpenTelemetry Authors |

[Kielek]

Closing the issue. Feel free to reopen/create the new one if you need further help.